Aornos

, Aornus , Aornis , a lofty rock, supposed to be near the Ganges in India, taken by Alexander. Hercules had besieged it, but was never able to conquer it. Curtius , bk. 8 , ch. 11 .— Arrian , bk. 4 .— Strabo , bk. 15 .— Plutarch , Alexander .――A place in Epirus, with an oracle. Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 80 .――A certain lake near Tarte us.――Another near Baiæ and Puteoli. It was also called Avernus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 6 , li. 242 .